Global recession wipes further $75 billion off tax revenues

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02-02-2009
Global recession wipes further $75 billion off tax revenues

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Research and Markets Adds Report: Strategic Health Care Marketing

Wireless News
05-17-2011
Research and Markets Adds Report: Strategic Health Care Marketing
Type: News

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Strategic Health Care Marketing" subscription to its offerings.

In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights include:
Published every month since 1984, Strategic Health Care Marketing has helped marketers and strategists at hospitals and other healthcare organizations to deal with the critical issues of the day. Each month brings you details, insights, interpretation, and analysis of new programs, new marketing approaches (both traditional and new media), and new ways of doing things. Ideal for heads of marketing at hospitals.

Coverage Includes:

-Customer/patient satisfaction

-Wellness and prevention

-Advertising and brand management

-Internet

-Niche marketing opportunities

-Employee recruitment/retention

-Database/relationship marketing

-Care management

-Community and public relations

-Special markets

-Report cards

-Ambulatory care development

-Market research reports

-Physician relations

-New product development

-Service line management

-Planning

Report information:

researchandmarkets.com/research/e308a4/strategic_health_c

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HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:30, Aug 30

AAP General News (Australia)
08-30-2011
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:30, Aug 30

CANBERRA - Prime Minister Julia Gillard says union leaders are confused if they think
Labor is considering holding an inquiry into Australia's ailing manufacturing sector.

(Manufacturing Wrap); see also Manufacturing Smith, Manufacturing Abbott.

WOLLONGONG, NSW - Prime Minister Julia Gillard has reassured Illawarra steelworkers
about the region's economic future as hundreds prepare to lose their jobs at the Bluescope
Steel site. (Illawarra).

Illawarra Wrap to come.

CANBERRA - Wikileaks has published details of 23 Australians believed to have links
to a radical Yemeni cleric with ties to an offshoot of terrorist group al-Qaeda. (Wikileaks
Terrorists)

CANBERRA - United States officials described former prime minister Kevin Rudd's handling
of the 2009 Oceanic Viking asylum seeker crisis as heavy-handed and awkward. (Wikileaks
Viking)

CANBERRA - The Rudd government defied departmental advice telling it to support Israel
in a 2010 United Nations vote after Israeli spies used forged Australian passports in
a political assassination, leaked US embassy cables suggest. (Wikileaks Passports)

JAKARTA - Indonesia was "almost effusive" in its response to the 2007 election of former
prime minister Kevin Rudd with the impression in Jakarta that he would introduce a greater
policy focus on Asia, according to US officials. (Wikileaks Indon Rudd to come)

Wikileaks Wrap, on merit, to come.

CANBERRA - Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan will remind policymakers in Hong Kong and China
that market-based currencies are one of the structural reforms needed to cure imbalances
in the global economy. (China Aust); see also Budget, Building Approvals

Economy Wrap to come.

MELBOURNE - Police cordoned off a section of a busy Melbourne street after a pile of
white powder was left outside Labor senator David Feeney's office. (Feeney Wrap with pix)

SYDNEY - Gary Ticehurst saw the "bloody goodness" in everything he did during a four-decade
career as a helicopter pilot, which included rescuing stricken sailors. (Ticehurst Wrap
to come).

CANBERRA - Prime Minister Julia Gillard has launched a scathing attack on The Australian
newspaper for publishing false allegations about her connection to a former boyfriend's
fraudulent activities. (Milne)

SYDNEY - NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell and his Queensland counterpart Anna Bligh have
committed to expanding cooperation on health, policing, primary industries and disaster
management along the length of the border. (Border with video)

SYDNEY - A tenth horse has died from the Hendra virus in NSW, bringing the total number
of nationwide deaths this year to 21. (Hendra); see also Hendra Qld

Hendra Wrap to come

WELLINGTON - New Zealand's national news agency, the New Zealand Press Association
(NZPA), will close its doors after 131 years on Wednesday, the latest victim of media
consolidation in the digital age. (NZPA on foreing wire)

FINANCE

PERTH - Macarthur Coal has advised its shareholders to accept a revised, $4.8 billion
joint takeover offer by the world's largest steel maker, ArcelorMittal, and US coal miner
Peabody Energy. (Macarthur to come)

SYDNEY - Retailer Harvey Norman says it remains cautious into fiscal 2012 due to global
volatility and weak domestic conditions after posting a nine per cent increase in full
year profit. (Harvey Norman to come with graphic)

SPORT

NEW YORK - Bernard Tomic advanced within one victory of a possible third round showdown
with Roger Federer at the US Open. (Ten Open Aust Wrap)

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Next Web wrestling match: Classical scores, free by the download

DANIEL J WAKIN
International Herald Tribune
02-23-2011
Next Web wrestling match: Classical scores, free by the download
Byline: DANIEL J WAKIN
Section: Music
Type: News

An online site begun by a Harvard student lets users download scores and recordings at low or no cost, much to the chagrin of publishing houses.

Humanity's musical treasures -- Beethoven piano sonatas, Schubert songs, Mozart symphonies and the like -- come to life in performance. But they truly survive as black marks on a page, otherwise known as scores. Now a Web site founded five years ago by a conservatory student, then 19 years old, has made a vast expanse of this repertory available, free.
The site, the International Music Score Library Project, has trod in the footsteps of Google Books and Project Gutenberg and grown to be one of the largest sources of scores anywhere. It claims to have 85,000 scores, or parts for nearly 35,000 works, with several thousand being added every month. That is a worrisome pace for traditional music publishers, whose bread and butter comes from renting and selling scores in expensive editions backed by the latest scholarship. More than a business threat, the site has raised messy copyright issues and drawn the ire of established publishers.

The site, imslp.org, is an open-source repository that uses the Wikipedia template and philosophy, "a visual analogue of a normal library," in the words of its founder, Edward W. Guo, the former conservatory student. Volunteers scan in scores or import them from other sources, like Beethoven House, the museum and research institute in Bonn. Other users oversee copyright issues and perform maintenance. Quality control -- like catching missed pages -- is also left to the public. "It's completely crowd sourced," Mr. Guo said.

The site has recently begun adding recordings. And through a partnership with a freelance musician in Indiana who runs a publishing business, it offers low-cost, on-demand printing of the music, often at a tiny fraction of the cost of standard editions. The prices of major publishing houses range widely depending on the number of instruments in the work or its length. A set of parts for a mainstream string quartet, for example, can run from $30 to $50.

The score library project has turned classical music into the latest wrestling mat for conventional information purveyors -- newspapers, book publishers, record companies -- and the new digital forces, like Apple, e-book sellers, music-sharing sites and Mr. Guo, now a 24-year-old Harvard law student.

While a boon to young musicians, the library has caught the attention of music publishers.

"I don't know if I would call it a threat, but I do believe it hurts sales," said Ed Matthew, a senior promotion manager at G. Schirmer in New York. "It is that profit that helps us to continue to bring out more composers' work."

Universal Edition, a music publisher based in Europe, where copyright laws tend to be stricter, threatened a cease-and-desist order against the site for copyright violations in October 2007. Mr. Guo said he did not have the time or money to remove all the offending scores, so he took the site down completely and posted an emotional farewell. That, he said, galvanized followers to appeal to Universal.

Then he took action. Mr. Guo said volunteers checked every score - - 15,000 at the time -- for copyright violations. He set up a company, Project Petrucci, to take ownership of the site to remove personal liability. (Ottaviano Petrucci was an Italian Renaissance printer who produced some of the first impressions of music with movable type.) A disclaimer was made to appear before any score opens, saying that the project provides no guarantee that the work is in the public domain and demanding that users obey copyright law. The site operates from servers in Canada, where copyright law is generally looser.

"We cannot know the copyright laws of 200 countries around the world," Mr. Guo said. "It is up to the downloader."

In July 2008 the project came back online. Downloads have surged.

Some complaints still arise, especially from Europe, Mr. Guo said. "We say we are not bound by E.U. law," he added, referring to the European Union. "Publishers usually go away." Mr. Guo said no formal legal challenges were pending.

He shows publishers little sympathy.

"In many cases these publishers are basically getting the revenue off of composers who are dead for a very long time," Mr. Guo said. "The Internet has become the dominant form of communication. Copyright law needs to change with it."

Those who "cling to their old business model," he added, will simply fade away.

But publishers point out that users of the site can miss the benefit of some modern editions that may be entitled to copyright protection -- and thus not part of the public domain -- because of significant changes to the music, such as corrections and editing marks based on years of scholarship about the composer's intention.

"You're paying for something that's worth more than the paper you're receiving," said Jonathan Irons, Universal Edition's promotion manager in Vienna. "Everybody expects somebody else to pay for it."

Mr. Irons said Universal was unfairly maligned by its critics for doing what music publishers typically do: use revenue from the sale of old pieces to finance publishing of contemporary composers. "They think we're sitting on our bums raking in cash, eating cake," he said.

Many important composers -- including Stravinsky, Bartok and Messiaen -- are barely represented or absent because the copyright has not expired for their works. But a number of contemporary composers have agreed to allow their works to be scanned under a Creative Commons license, which permits free online sharing as long as the originator is properly credited.

Mr. Guo said his drive to create a grand repository of music stemmed from his childhood in China, where his parents, both engineers, sent him to study violin at the elementary school of the Shanghai Conservatory. Browsing through a bookstore one day, he said, he was frustrated by how few orchestral scores were available.

His father took him to Vancouver, Canada, for high school when he was 13. Mr. Guo graduated a year early and entered the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston to study composition. There a world of scores, at the library and in music shops, lay open to him. But the memory of musical deprivation remained strong.

And so he built an early version of the International Music Score Library Project. "It was pretty ugly," he said. He uploaded the first score: Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.1. "It was sort of a symbolic thing," he said. The scan is there, dated Feb. 16, 2006.

The copyright questions stoked Mr. Guo's interest in the law. Thus Harvard Law School. But that was not the only reason he enrolled. "Composing is very good until you have to pay your bills," he said.

With the reports of billion-dollar valuations floating around other interactive Web sites, has Mr. Guo ever thought of trying to profit from his site?

"That's really not my M.O.," he said. "As a musician I have a duty to promote music. That's the basic philosophy behind it."

Copyright International Herald Tribune Feb 23, 2011

QLD:Flyover in Brisbane ends F-111 era

AAP General News (Australia)
12-03-2010
QLD:Flyover in Brisbane ends F-111 era

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By Darren Cartwright

BRISBANE, Dec 3 AAP - Like a bride-to-be on her big day, the RAAF's F-111s made their
entrance late and memorable for their final Brisbane sortie.

Under grey skies and intermittent light showers, thousands of people filled the best
vantage points around Brisbane to bid farewell to the dinosaurs of the airforce.

Having taken off from the RAAF base at Amberley, seven F-111s appeared in the skies
over Brisbane's CBD not long after midday, some 20 minutes behind schedule.

The 37-year-old aircraft, which picked up nicknames like flying pig, whispering death,
swinger and switchblade, were making their last public flyover before being retired and
replaced by a fleet of F/A-18F Super Hornets.

The F-111 dump and burn night-time flyovers have long been the highlight of Brisbane's
annual September Riverfire festival.

Friday's flyover, which reached as low as 300 metres to give enthusiasts a chance to
photograph or film the moment, meant a lot more to the people of Brisbane than just waving
goodbye to a retiring aircraft.

"It's the end of an era," said Fiona Kinley who was watching the show.

"Just the noise of them gets people excited.

"It's good to be able to watch them flyover for the last time."

But Brisbane's CBD and surrounding suburbs were not the only ones treated to the spectacle.

The squadron split up, with two planes heading north over Sandgate, Redcliffe, Bribie
Island and the Sunshine Coast.

The remaining five F-111s went south to rumble through the skies over the Gold Coast,
Coolangatta, Byron Bay and Evans Head.

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NSW: Woman's body found on verandah in Sydney's north

AAP General News (Australia)
04-28-2010
NSW: Woman's body found on verandah in Sydney's north

A woman's body has been found on the verandah of a home at Willoughby in Sydney's north.

Police and paramedics were called to the home in Holland Street at around 6.20pm last night.

A police spokesman says neighbours heard screaming from the street and when they went
to investigate found the body of the woman .. believed to be aged in her 50s.

The woman is yet to be identified and a post mortem will be conducted to determine
the cause of her death.

Anyone with information about the death should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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Fed: Handling of Japanese whalers has embarrased Aust: Abbott

AAP General News (Australia)
12-14-2009
Fed: Handling of Japanese whalers has embarrased Aust: Abbott

SYDNEY, Dec 14 AAP - The state government's handling of the Japanese whaling program
has brought Australia into disrepute and embarrassed the nation, Opposition Leader Tony
Abbott says.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd insists legal action is still an option in Australia's efforts
to get Japan to stop its so-called scientific whaling program.

Before it came to office, Labor said it was prepared to use the international courts
to stop Japan killing an annual whale quota, but it has been slow to translate that threat
into action.

The whaling issue may come up when Mr Rudd visits Tokyo on Tuesday en route to the
United Nations climate summit in Copenhagen, and the prime minister on Monday told Sky
News a diplomatic solution was the preferred option.

But Mr Abbott criticised the government's handling of Japan's whaling program, saying
not following through with threats of legal action showed Mr Rudd had "talked big but
done little".

"You don't claim that you're going to take Japan to the international court, you don't
claim that you are going to some way assist with the interdiction with whalers, and then
not take any action to back all that up," Mr Abbott told reporters in Sydney on Monday.

"I think that it is a terrible tragedy that Japan is depleting the world's whales ...

I'm as against it as the next man.

"But I don't think you should make threats that you don't carry out - it just brings
Australia into disrepute.

"It embarrasses us before a country which is otherwise a very, very important country
and a very good friend to Australia."

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NSW: Rees to consider following Bligh in releasing diner list

AAP General News (Australia)
08-05-2009
NSW: Rees to consider following Bligh in releasing diner list

NSW Premier NATHAN REES says he'll consider following his Queensland counterpart's
lead in releasing a list of business leaders who have paid to dine with the ALP.

Queensland Premier ANNA BLIGH has released a guest list of almost 90 businesses and
individuals who paid to be at Labor lunches and dinners between July last year and June
this year.

Ms BLIGH's action is in response to several blows to her government's credibility ..

with current and former Labor MPs found to have questionable links to lobbyists and property
developments.

Mr REES insists business leaders and the general public don't have to pay to gain access
to his government .. saying he and his ministers go out of their way to be accessible.

He also admitted they don't get much when they pay.

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Qld: One believed dead in rainy highway crash

AAP General News (Australia)
02-11-2009
Qld: One believed dead in rainy highway crash

BRISBANE, Feb 11 AAP - One person is believed dead in a three-vehicle crash at Peak
Downs Highway at Nebo in central Queensland.

The highway has been closed in both directions since the crash at 7am (AEST) on Wednesday,
and is expected to remain closed for several hours as emergency services assess the scene.

A prime mover fuel tanker involved in the crash has spilt fuel across the road.

A police spokeswoman said there was an unconfirmed fatality and heavy rain was slowing
the rescue efforts.

AAP peb/ahe/cdh

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WA: Prison inmate dies five months before release

AAP General News (Australia)
08-24-2008
WA: Prison inmate dies five months before release

A coroner's inquest will be held following the death of a prisoner in Western Australia
on Friday.

45 year old IAN FRANK WINMAR collapsed at Albany Regional Prison in the state's south
.. and was pronounced dead after arriving at Albany Regional Hospital.

WINMAR .. who was serving time for violating parole and assaulting a police officer
.. was just five months short of finishing a five year sentence.

He had a history of coronary disease and was due for release in January.

All deaths in custody trigger a coronial inquest in WA.

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FED: CheckUp medical column for Friday, April 18

AAP General News (Australia)
04-18-2008
FED: CheckUp medical column for Friday, April 18

Check Up: A weekly column on issues affecting your health

By AAP Medical Writer Tamara McLean



HEAVY BODIES STRAIN PATHOLOGISTS

Pathologists say that almost 30 per cent of the bodies they perform autopsies on are
now obese, placing the industry under heavy strain.

Adelaide forensic pathologist Professor Roger Byard said mortuary staff risk serious
back injury trying to manoeuvre large bodies, and specialists have difficulty performing
procedures on them.

Dissections were technically difficult due to layers of fat and were sometimes not
possible on standard trolleys or tables, Prof Byard writes in the Journal of Forensic
and Legal Medicine.

"Autopsies have been performed on floors, or with a pathologist leaning from a ladder,
or actually standing on the trolley over a body," said Prof Byard, who is calling for
specialist equipment designed for heavy bodies.



ONE IN FIVE DIAGNOSES WRONG

Doctors misdiagnose their patients in at least 20 per cent of cases, and poor communication
or lack of sleep are to blame.

This is the claim of an international expert in human error in patient treatments,
Professor Pat Croskerry, whose controversial findings have made headlines in his home
country of Canada.

While visiting Australia recently, the specialist gave a lecture in Melbourne saying
that the rate of wrong diagnosis was "surprisingly high".

"Autopsy findings have consistently shown a 20 per cent discrepancy rate with the pre-death
diagnosis, and a third of these autopsies would not be taking place if the true diagnosis
had been known," said Prof Croskerry, from Dalhousie University.

"In some cases where there is existing uncertainty in diagnoses, the discrepancy rate
can be higher."

He said more needs to be done to teach doctors how to improve their cognitive skills,
emergency responses and critical thinking to avoid making fatal mistakes.



HORMONE THERAPY DOESN'T BLOCK DEMENTIA

Using hormone therapy will not reduce a woman's risk of developing dementia, US researchers says.

Scientists followed about 2,900 women aged over 75 years - half of whom were taking
hormones - for four years, regularly performing tests to assess their thinking ability.

After accounting for age, education and medical history, hormone use did not affect
the risk of dementia, concluded Dr Valerie Crooks, of Kaiser Permanente Southern California.

"This study also determined that no protective effect against dementia was found for
women who initiated hormone therapy at or near menopause," Dr Crooks said.

She said it was not fully understood how hormone therapy affected dementia.

But this study, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, added to the evidence
that hormone use does not prevent the development of dementia in older women, the specialist
said.



SMALLER BRAINS FOR BUBS OF SUBSTANCE ABUSERS

A mother's substance use during pregnancy can mean a smaller brain for her child, according
to a new US study.

Among 35 children aged 10 to 14, those whose mothers had used cocaine, drank alcohol
or smoked tobacco or marijuana while they were pregnant tended to have a smaller head
circumference than their peers who weren't exposed to those substances prenatally.

The differences seen with use of a single substance were not statistically significant,
but became so when a child was exposed to two or more of them, according to the study
in the journal Paediatrics.

While the findings suggested no single substance had a "devastating" effect on the
foetal brain, Dr Michael Rivkin of Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston
said they did show that a combination of them quite possibly would.

"There is no smoking gun," Dr Rivkin said.

"Although firm conclusions about the discrete individual effects of prenatal cocaine,
alcohol or cigarettes on brain volume in the children of our small sample cannot be made,
these data are consistent with a possible, lasting effect of each."



GENE STOPS RAPID GROWTH INSIDE TUMOURS

Australian scientists have discovered a new way to stop rapid growth of blood vessels
that "feed" deadly tumours, paving the way for a new cancer therapy.

Fast-growing blood vessels are essential in helping tumours grow and spread, but a
team from Western Australia revealed they could halt the process by switching off a master
gene.

Turning off the gene, called RGS5, forces vessel growth to return to normal and gives
the immune system a better chance of getting to the tumour and destroying it.

The world-first discovery, reported in the international journal Nature, was made in
mice, but the researchers and other cancer experts say it offers hope as a bold new therapy
if the process can be replicated in humans.

"By understanding what is actually going on in the tumour itself, the ultimate hope
is that we'll be able to work on making current therapeutic approaches even more successful
and reducing side effects of them," said Professor Ruth Ganss, of the Western Australian
Institute for Medical Research.

Prof Ganss and her team were studying the behaviour of blood vessels when they realised
the gene could reverse so-called angiogenesis, the growth of blood vessels inside the
tumour.

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NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers=2

AAP General News (Australia)
12-14-2007
NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers=2

THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD:

Page 1: With less than 24 hours to deadline, the crucial UN climate talks in Bali are
deadlocked; Sydney will be facing a security guard shortage within days, after a quarter
of the state's 44,000 private guards failed to submit necessary paperwork before a vital
deadline.

Page 2: Global warming is blamed for a record number of disasters across the world
this year, up nearly 20 per cent from 2006.

Page 3: Former federal court judge Marcus Einfeld is committed to stand trial for perjury
and perverting the course of justice.

World: (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO) A serious clash between the army of the Democratic
Republic of Congo and a renegade general is plunging the country back towards war and
threatening to spark a new regional conflict.

Finance: Central banks throughout Europe and North America pledge to pump $100 billion
in liquidity into the financial system, with promises of more to come, to avert a credit
crunch-inspired recession.

Sport: Paramatta's Tim Smith is in grave danger of being sacked by his NRL club after
he was found alcohol-affected outside a Parramatta hotel.

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COLUMN: Study for finals, but make sure to stay in reality

Ryan Ortega
University Wire
05-21-2007
(Daily Forty-Niner) (U-WIRE) LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Final exams are approaching and the "panic alert level" on campus has been raised from yellow to red. Energy drink and coffee sales have probably gone up, while hours of sleep have gone down. Despite the fact that finals are crucial for your grade, it's important to keep testing in prospective. Being too wrapped up in academics can leave you ignorant when it comes to life outside of campus.

My professor recently asked one of my classes about an event in the news that had happened the day before. Strangely, I was the only one who knew about the story. As it turned out, France elected conservative candidate Nicolas Sarkozy as their new president. The lesson plan tied into how France will move from past socialist ways into more of a capitalist country.

This wasn't the first time ignorance was exposed in a class. A couple weeks ago, another one of my professors brought up the immigration rally. Even though this event occurred in Los Angeles, nobody knew what was going on.

Concerned by this, I tried to understand my fellow colleague's disconnect with the world around them. Part of the problem is students don't have time to read the news, be it online or in the newspaper. Most people want to watch television or listen to music after reading textbooks and notes all day. Students don't want to spend precious down time on non-school related learning.

Sure school is important, but it's vital to stay in touch with reality. Eventually, you will have a job and your degree can't substitute for common sense.

As soon as I thought it couldn't get any worse, I was talking to a student about politics. Usually, this subject brings up disagreements, which lead to intense arguments. But the problem here wasn't a difference of opinion. It was the lack of one altogether.

The subject of U.S. presidential candidates came up and this particular student didn't know who was running. You might think I was on a grade school campus, or even at a local high school. No, this thought provoking conversation occurred right here at The Beach.

After it became apparent that the student in question wasn't joking, frustration quickly kicked in. How could this happen? This person is responsible, gets good grades and holds down a job. This person watches television and claims to use the Internet frequently. As a business economics major, this person may want to know who is running for the highest office in the country.

While troubling, this person is clearly not alone on campus. Even our own cafeteria shows MTV on the television screens instead of CNN. Granted, the news lacks excitement compared to what happened on "Lost" or "Grey's Anatomy" last night. At the same time, it's important to know at least a little about what's going on in the world.

How do we expect students to vote in campus elections if they don't vote in national elections? Everyone knows young people don't turn out at the poles, and national newspapers are currently losing readers fast.

At the very least, put a news link on your computer, even if it is the Drudge Report. You can even read the Daily Forty-Niner online without getting your hands dirty. Graduation starts today, and so should your interest in the world.

As far as my classmate, not all hope is lost. This person's studying efforts will probably pay off, leading to As on their final exams. And although I can't say for sure, it wouldn't be surprising to learn they're following other hard-hitting and controversial issues - like Paris Hilton's upcoming trip to jail.

Ryan Ortega is a junior business finance major.


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free-hotspot.com announces partnership with TONI&GUY

Internet Business News
01-24-2007
free-hotspot.com, a provider of free wireless Internet (Wi-Fi) services in Europe, has announced the availability of its FREE Wi-Fi service in TONI&amp;GUY hair salons across The Netherlands.

According to the company, installing FREE HotSpots in its salons is part of TONI&amp;GUY's marketing strategy that will result in increased revenue in the long term.

Hair salons have been overlooked by paid Wi-Fi providers but they are a perfect place to offer FREE Wi-Fi, and the company's solution is ideal for people wanting to spend a few minutes online while they are waiting or for those planning to stay longer while they are having their hair coloured, said the vice president of HotSpot Development at free-hotspot.com.

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NT: Man wanted on nine attacks against women

AAP General News (Australia)
08-23-2006
NT: Man wanted on nine attacks against women

Northern Territory police are hunting a man wanted over at least nine attacks on women
in Darwin in 10 days.

All of the assaults have occurred in the Nightfall and Coconut Grove areas .. and involved
a man riding a bicycle.

In the most serious incident .. a 35-year-old woman was raped in the grounds of the
Casuarina Senior College about 10 o'clock on Monday night .. by a man who grabbed hold
of her bag from the back of her bike as she rode home.

Acting Superintendent SCOTT POLLOCK says the woman pursued the man .. who stopped and
punched her in the face and sexually assaulted her.

He's urged women not to retaliate.





The attacker's described as aged between 16 and 20 .. of indigenous appearance .. with
brown eyes .. dark short curly hair and about 175cm tall.

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Fed: Labor says children under threat of returning to detention

AAP General News (Australia)
04-16-2006
Fed: Labor says children under threat of returning to detention

By Kylie Williams, Rob Pash and Amy Coopes

CANBERRA, April 16 AAP - Labor says children are under threat of being returned to
immigration detention centres under the government's new hardline policy on asylum seekers.

Refugee advocates protesting outside Prime Minister John Howard's Sydney home today
and in Melbourne and Perth called on the federal government to free refugees from detention
and wind back tough new border security measures.

Federal Liberal backbencher Petro Georgiou helped force the Howard government to soften
its immigration detention policy last year, including removing children from centres and
placing them in community detention.

The government last week announced it was extending its 2001 Pacific solution following
a rift with Indonesia over the decision last month to grant temporary protection visas
to 42 Papuans.

Under the changes, anyone entering Australia illegally by boat - whether they make
it to the mainland or not - will be sent to one of three offshore immigration detention
centres for processing.

But the opposition says the facilities on Nauru and Papua New Guinea's Manus Island
are not officially classified as detention centres by the government, paving the way for
children to be put back behind razor wire.

"All of that is contingent upon people being held in what is defined as a detention
centre. Manus Island (and) Nauru are not," Labor's immigration spokesman Tony Burke told
the Nine Network.

"That means under John Howard's proposal, children in detention can happen again. We
can see indefinite detention back.

"Case managed mental health care can be out the window (and) the oversight of the ombudsman
finishes.

"All of the changes that were heralded last year as a quantum leap by Petro Georgiou
are over - it's a quantum backflip."

Protesters marched through the streets of Kirribilli, on Sydney's north shore today,
calling on the federal government to free refugees from detention and wind back tough
new border security measures.

A group of about 100 were kept from the Prime Minister's Sydney residence Kirribilli
House by a large contingent of police and a 37-year-old man was arrested for abusing a
police officer.

Refugee Action Coalition (RAC) spokesman Ian Rintoul called on the federal opposition
to reverse the "iron curtain" legislation announced by the government this week, which
he said effectively closed Australia's borders to asylum seekers.

"Everybody here is absolutely committed and determined to see the end of the Howard
government," Mr Rintoul said.

"But we are not content to get rid of the Howard government and have a lookalike pale
image take its place.

"Now (Labor) have got the opportunity to put the cards on the table ... by making it
very clear, that there is a policy alternative at the next election."

In Melbourne, RAC Victoria spokesman Tim Petterson denounced the government's immigration
policy, saying Australia had breached its international responsibility by abandoning Papuans
fleeing the troubled Indonesian province.

"Most Australians understand that West Papuans are being brutalised by the Indonesian
military but (Prime Minister) John Howard is so desperate to appease Indonesia that he's
prepared to turn his back on these desperate people and lock them up in these hellholes,"

he said.

"We are absolutely horrified and dismayed by that recent (immigration policy) announcement
and we do believe they put us in contravention of international laws under the International
Refugee Committee."

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Greece Crash (ATHENS)

All 121 people aboard a Cypriot airliner have been killed when it crashed into a wooded
hillside near the Greek capital Athens, scattering wreckage over a wide area.

Czech Prime Minister JIRI PAROUBEK has said 80 of the passengers were Greek schoolchildren
returning from a holiday on the Mediterranean island nation.

But a representative of Helios Airways, GEORGE DIMITRIOU, says most were Cypriots,
including 48 youths on their way to Prague.

Officials say no-one among the six crew and 115 passengers, most of whom were of Cypriot
nationality, survived the crash.

They initially ruled out a terrorist attack on board the twin-engine Boeing 737.



Reading (SYDNEY)

The federal government will withhold money from states which fail to adopt a back-to-basics
approach in the teaching of reading.

Federal Education Minister BRENDAN NELSON says he will mandate to ensure all states
comply with the recommendations of a national literacy inquiry.

The Sydney Morning Herald today reports the inquiry has found nearly one in three children
were not learning to read properly because they had not been taught how to sound out letters
and syllables.

Head of the inquiry and a research director with the Australian Council for Education
Research KEN ROWE says about 30 per cent of year 9 students have functional literacy problems.

Dr ROWE is expected to recommend a return to phonics teaching, which was largely eclipsed
in the 1980's by the whole-language method of teaching reading.

Dr NELSON, who commissioned the inquiry, says the government will withhold funding
if states resist the reforms.



Telstra (CANBERRA)

The federal government has stepped up pressure on Telstra to improve services in the
bush to prevent a hefty drain on taxpayers' money to pay for the work.

Deputy Prime Minister and Nationals leader MARK VAILE says the need for a multi-million
government-funded trust to pay for improved bush services would ease if the telco overhauls
services now.

And Communications Minister HELEN COONAN has called on Telstra to carry out urgent
repairs to its network, saying taxpayers should not have to foot the bill.

Their comments come after Telstra CEO SOL TRUJILLO last week asked the government to
contribute to a $5 billion plan to roll out hi-tech services in the bush.



Toll National (SYDNEY)

It's been a horror weekend on the nation's roads, with 18 deaths across six states
and the ACT in a spate of accidents since Friday night.

Three NSW residents were the latest victims of the tragic weekend toll on the nation's roads.

Two men and a woman perished in a double-vehicle crash on the Newell Highway, 45km
north of Gilgandra, NSW, about 1.30pm (AEST) yesterday.

A Central West couple, aged in their late 40s, died at the scene after their sedan
hit a station wagon.

The station wagon driver, believed to be in his 30s, died en route to Gilgandra hospital.



Workplace (CANBERRA)

The federal government is facing growing dissent over its workplace reforms, with the
WA Nationals criticising the planned changes.

WA Nationals president WENDY DUNCAN used her party's conference at the weekend to urge
the government to soften its planned changes.

She says extreme policy changes could create instability for businesses, particularly
the plan to exempt businesses employing fewer than 100 people from unfair dismissal laws.

But Prime Minister JOHN HOWARD has defended the changes.

He says the government is against unfair dismissal laws because they frighten small
firms out of taking on more staff.



Indon Bashir Aust (CANBERRA)

The father of an Australian man killed in the Bali bombings wants the government to
protest an Indonesian decision to cut the sentence of one of the ringleaders.

Muslim cleric ABU BAKAR BASHIR is serving a 30-month sentence for his role in instigating
the October 2002 bombings in which 202 people died -- including 88 Australians.

But BASHIR is expected to have his sentence reduced as part of celebrations to mark
the 60th anniversary of Indonesian independence.

BRIAN DEEGAN -- whose 21-year-old son JOSH died in the blasts -- has called on the
Australian government to strongly object to a remission for BASHIR.



Parly Preview (CANBERRA)

The federal government's controversial plan to sell Telstra should take a step forward
this week with federal cabinet to debate the precise details of the sale.

The Telstra sale plan is expected to be top of cabinet's agenda when it meets tomorrow,
the same day parliament resumes for the second week of its spring session.

Outspoken Nationals senator BARNABY JOYCE is expected to focus on the Telstra sale
in his first speech to the Senate on Thursday.

Debate on the push to abolish compulsory student union fees will resume in the lower
house this week.



Markets Preview (BRISBANE)

The Australian stockmarket will come under pressure today from a weak Wall Street lead,
although energy stocks should continue their upward surge with oil prices again breaking
new records.

In the short term, Australian investors' eyes will be focused upon the record-breaking
annual results season.

Among companies scheduled to report are United Group and Bendigo Bank today, Boral
and GWA International tomorrow and Lend Lease, Leighton Holdings and Woodside Petroleum
on Wednesday.

The reporting week will be rounded up on Thursday with AMP, Qantas and Multiplex results
while IAG, Mirvac and Unitab will report on Friday.



Retire Qld (BRISBANE)

More Queensland MPs are expected to announce today they'll be retiring from politics.

Labor MPs have until 5 pm (AEST) to decide whether to renominate for their seats in
the next state election, due in early 2007.

So far, five have left or signalled their intention to leave Queensland politics.



Mideast (GUSH KATIF)

Israeli and Palestinian forces have been deployed today to ensure calm in the final
countdown to Israel's evacuation of Jewish settlements in the occupied Gaza Strip.

Thousands of Israeli police have blocked approaches to Gaza to keep back Jewish protesters.

The demonstrators have sworn to stop the first removal of settlements this week from
land Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East war and which Palestinians want for a state.



Iraq (BAGHDAD)

Iraq is racing against time to wrap up its new constitution but there are concerns
the new charter may not be ready ahead of the deadline tomorrow.

Yesterday, Iraqi President JALAL TALABANI said the draft would be ready by today.

But that appears unlikely as the Sunni Arabs -- the once powerful community under SADDAM
HUSSEIN -- have refused to agree to the key point of federalism.



Children (BRISBANE)

Researchers say Australian children are facing more behavioural, mental health and
social problems, despite enjoying a reprieve from traditional illnesses like infectious
diseases.

SHARON GOLDFELD and FRANK OBERKLAID, of the Murdoch Children's Research Institute,
have called for improvements in the way childhood health and well-being are evaluated.

The researchers -- writing in the Medical Journal of Australia -- say there is virtually
no data on family functioning, despite the evidence suggesting it is just as important
as immunisation.



Indon Drugs (JAKARTA)

Lawyers for the Bali nine are expecting Indonesian police to hand over evidence files
to prosecutors in Denpasar today.

It will clear the way for a series of seven trials to start as early as next month.



AND IN SPORT:


LEAGUE DRAGONS (SYDNEY)

North Queensland skipper TRAVIS NORTON says Brisbane is still the NRL yardstick despite
Wests Tigers and St George Illawarra staking major title claims in round 23.

The Dragons thrashed Brisbane 24-4 at Suncorp Stadium but NORTON says ladder leaders
Brisbane is still the team to beat.



AFL WRAP (MELBOURNE)

Richmond is out of AFL finals contention, while the wooden spoon race took a new twist
after Hawthorn upset Essendon at the MCG yesterday.

Richmond's 12-point loss to the Western Bulldogs at Telstra Dome ended their chances
of making the top eight and left 11 teams in finals contention with two home-and-away
matches remaining.

But there will be as much focus at the bottom end of the table in the next fortnight
with Hawthorn, Collingwood or Carlton in danger of finishing the season with the wooden
spoon.



ATHS WORLD MARATHON (HELSINKI)

Briton PAULA RADCLIFFE has ended her long wait for a major title by winning world marathon
gold at the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki.

The 31-year-old world record holder put her Athens Olympics disappointment behind her
- when she failed to finish the marathon and 10,000 metres - to win in a championship
record of two hours, 20 minutes and 57 seconds at a near-empty Olympic stadium.



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Inamed to Present at U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray 15th Annual Health Care Conference.

Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2003

Inamed Corporation (Nasdaq:IMDC), a global medical device company, today announced that Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Nick Teti will be presenting at the U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray 15th Annual Health Care Conference in New York on Tuesday, January 28, 2003, at 4:00 p.m. EST.

Live Audio Webcast

Interested parties can access a live audio webcast of the presentation through the following link: www.inamed.com.

Internet Replay

A copy of the presentation will also be available on the Inamed Corporation website, www.inamed.com, through February 4, 2003.

About Inamed Corporation

Inamed (Nasdaq:IMDC) is a global healthcare company with over 25 years of experience developing, manufacturing and marketing innovative, high-quality, science-based products. Current products include breast implants for aesthetic augmentation and for reconstructive surgery; a range of dermal products to treat facial wrinkles; and minimally invasive devices for obesity intervention, including the LAP-BAND(R) System for morbid obesity. The Company's website is www.inamed.com.

Carreker Corporation Announces Fraud Prevention Technology and Services Sale With Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, Ltd.

DALLAS, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire/ --

Carreker Corporation (Nasdaq: CANI), a leading provider of e-finance enabling solutions to the financial industry, announced today further expansion of its fraud prevention technology in the Southern Pacific region through a contract with Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ). ANZ, with total assets of $172 billion (AUD), is one of the world's 100 largest banks.

Carreker will install its FraudLink On-Us(TM), FraudLink Deposit(TM), and FraudLink Kite(TM) software to monitor potential fraudulent activity across all check transactions within the bank's operations. This contract represents the first entry of Carreker technology into New Zealand and another expansion of the company's technology in Australia. With this engagement, Carreker solutions will monitor more than 80 percent of the Australian banking industry's depository accounts against fraud. The Australian Institute of Criminology estimates the cost of fraud and misappropriation is between $3 billion and $3.5 billion (AUD) per year in Australia.

Carreker's FraudLink On-Us(TM) is a mainframe-based fraud detection platform designed to assist banks in reducing check fraud losses by detecting counterfeit and forged checks either at the teller station or in the back office. FraudLink Deposit(TM) is an advanced software solution that allows banks to detect potentially fraudulent deposit transactions by using bank-set parameters to identify criminal trends and comparing the information with account holders' established deposit history. FraudLink Kite(TM) is an historical, behavior-based application designed to identify and report suspected kiting cases for investigation.

J.D. "Denny" Carreker, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Carreker, said the contract is another significant achievement in the company's global e-finance strategy and supports the company's efforts to expand development in the region.

"ANZ has a strong commitment to protecting its customers and reducing its exposure to fraudulent activity. We are extremely pleased that ANZ has selected Carreker solutions to mitigate fraudulent activity in their business. This is further recognition of our success in developing effective risk management solutions for our clients in the region and around the world. We look forward to our expanded relationship with ANZ," Carreker said. Mike Israel, Carreker Sales and Business Development Director for Australia and Asia, said, "Carreker combines extensive expert knowledge with cutting-edge software to develop an integrated fraud mitigation solution. We will work with the bank to make sure the most effective solution is implemented for ANZ. As every bank worldwide will differ by region and market, Carreker will work with ANZ to assure that the implementation of the software will mitigate the 'specific' check fraud schemes that ANZ might experience."

ANZ offers financial products and services in Australia and New Zealand and has overseas representation predominantly in greater Asia. ANZ provides a full range of banking services including residential and investment mortgage lending, deposit taking, credit cards, electronic banking including Internet banking, overdrafts, term loans, trade finance, commercial bill acceptances and treasury services.

About Carreker Corporation:

Carreker Corporation, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is a leading provider of integrated consulting and software solutions that enable banks to identify and implement e-finance solutions, increase their revenues, reduce their costs and enhance their delivery of customer services. Carreker's e-finance solutions use leading-edge technologies to create differentiated applications for banks and their customers. The Company believes that its 23 years of experience in the banking industry, combined with a professional staff and advanced technological expertise, allow for targeted solutions for banks and other financial institutions. Carreker offerings are organized into three divisions, as follows: (1) Revenue Enhancement, which increases banks' revenues through market segmentation and improved customer pricing structures, (2) Global Technology Solutions, which provides business-case driven technology solutions through three customer-aligned groups: Risk Solutions, Cash Processing & Logistics Solutions and Check Solutions (these technology-enabled solutions bring together nearly 125 mission-critical business process applications, strategic application implementation services, consulting/advisory services and outsourcing services) and (3) Enterprise Solutions, which integrates systems, combines operations and improves workflows and internal operational processes. Carreker's customer list includes more than 200 financial institutions in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and South Africa, including 70 of the largest 100 banks in the United States. For more information please visit the Web site at http://www.carreker.com.

Forward-Looking Statement -- This document contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations that are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties. The words "estimate," "project," "intend," "expect," "believe," "plan" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors, including, but not limited to, risks associated with the Company's acquisition of Check Solutions, changes in the banking industry's demand for the Company's solutions, significant customer concentration and the potential loss of a significant customer, variations in operating results, reduction in revenues due to pricing arrangements, the infrequent use of long-term contracts with customers, the focus of the Company's solutions on e-finance opportunities and the chance that they will not be accepted in the marketplace, risks associated with rapid growth in the Company's business, the inability to attract and retain key personnel, existence of defects or errors in the Company's software, ability to develop new technologies and services, ability to meet the changing needs of customers, dependence on third-party Internet providers and the Internet, intense competition, risks associated with strategic alliances and acquisitions, inability to protect the Company's proprietary rights, infringement and other claims and related expenses, reliance on third-party licenses, volatility in the Company's stock price, exposure to risks associated with international operations, reliance on independent contractors, governmental regulation and legal uncertainties and anti-takeover provisions in the Company's charter documents and under applicable law. These and other factors are set forth in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K filed on April 30, 2001 and in other reports and documents filed by Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time.

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Lucent Technologies Introduces Software for its ExchangePlus Solution to Support Multi-Vendor IP Networks.

ExchangePlus Release 4.1 is One of the First Products to

Comply with the International Multimedia Teleconferencing Consortium's

(IMTC) iNOW! Compatibility Program for Multi-Vendor Interoperability

ATLANTA, Sept. 11 /PRNewswire/ --

Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today introduced new software for its ExchangePlus toll tandem, IP and international gateway solution -- making it one of the first products to comply with the International Multimedia Teleconferencing Consortium's (IMTC) iNOW! Compatibility Program for interconnecting multi-vendor IP networks. This certification provides a reliable and common set of procedures for testing and verification of interoperability for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) equipment.

ITXC (Nasdaq: ITXC), a leading global wholesaler of voice and e-calling services on the Internet, is the first service provider to commercially deploy ExchangePlus' IP capabilities in an Internet telephony network.

"ExchangePlus allows ITXC to use and offer its affiliates industrial strength and flexible softswitches that can also act as IP telephony gateways," said ITXC Chairman and CEO Tom Evslin. "Interoperability is essential for operating and growing ITXC.net, the largest global Internet telephony network, which currently has 273 IP Points of Presence in 155 cities in 63 countries. We are pleased that Lucent and other vendors are adopting the iNOW! Profile, which will help usher in a new era for the IP telephony industry."

"In order to significantly expand their customer bases, Internet telephony service providers need to establish interconnection agreements with other carriers," said Jim Carroll, vice president and general manager of Open Carrier Solutions at Lucent Technologies. "By offering an iNOW! certified version of our ExchangePlus Solution, we're demonstrating our commitment to helping foster the growth, and development of the VoIP industry."

Lucent also announced today that it would provide ExchangePlus to the iNOW! Interoperability Testbed in the Open Test Network established by pulver.com. The test network allows manufacturers to test interoperability of their products with other iNOW! certified applications. ExchangePlus will be displayed in the Open Test Network at pulver.com's Fall 2000 Voice on the Net (VON) conference and exhibition in Atlanta, September 11-14, before being moved to pulver.com's facility in Melville, NY.

These announcements coincide with the formal launch - by the IMTC of the iNOW! Compatibility Program. The goal of this program is to promote the sharing of voice, fax and data traffic across all IP telephony platforms. The IMTC has developed a uniform iNOW! test plan that supplies equipment vendors, developers and service providers with specifications for testing the interoperability of VoIP equipment.

Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., USA, designs and delivers the systems, software, silicon and services for next-generation communications networks for service providers and enterprises. Backed by the research and development of Bell Labs, Lucent focuses on high-growth areas such as broadband and mobile Internet infrastructure; communications software; communications semiconductors and optoelectronics; Web-based enterprise solutions that link private and public networks; and professional network design and consulting services. For more information on Lucent Technologies, visit its Web site at http://www.lucent.com.

All product names and trademarks mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of Lucent Technologies or their respective owners.

EBE Technologies, PeopleNet partner for automated workflow.(Industry News)

PeopleNet, a provider of innovative Internet-based and integrated onboard computing and mobile communications systems for effective fleet management announced that it will offer new real-time paperless driver/vehicle management workflows that automate driver performance, violation management, DVIR (driver vehicle inspection report) and CSA management in partnership with EBE. According to the company, EBE has developed these workflows on its SHIPS platform using PeopleNet data that integrates with third-party systems.

For more information, visit www.peoplenetonline.com.

CHINA ALLOCATES US$773MLN INTERNET OF THINGS FUND FOR 2011-2015.

BEIJING, July 7 Asia Pulse - China has allocated some 5 billion yuan (US$773.1 million) as special fund to support the development of the Internet of Things (IOT), and the fund is scheduled to be distributed step by step in the coming five years, according to China Securities Journal, citing an unnamed authoritative source.

China has already invited companies to apply funding from for the country's first IOT fund of 500 million yuan, said the source.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has selected more than 100 qualified companies from over 600 companies who submitted their applications.

More qualified companies are to be selected in the future, but the exact final number of the selected companies that will benefit from the special fund is still unknown, it added.

The IOT, the so-called third wave of the information industry after the personal computer and the Internet, is a network of real-world objects linked to the Internet that interact through Web services.

The MIIT and the Ministry of Finance (MOF) jointly rolled out specific regulations on the management of IOT special funds in April, which will be chiefly used to support IOT technology R&D, pilot demonstrations and applications, industrialization, as well as related IOT public services projects.

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Announcing Symmetry e-Advisor(TM): A Multifunctional Advisor Support System Powered by Envestnet.

GLASTONBURY, Conn., June 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Symmetry Partners, LLC, an investment adviser registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, is pleased to announce that Symmetry e-Advisor is now available to their community of independent financial advisors. A technology platform specially created for Symmetry through a unique strategic partnership with Envestnet, a leading provider of technology-enabled wealth management solutions, Symmetry e-Advisor offers a secure, multi-custodial, on-demand, internet-based experience that provides advisors with the resources and flexibility needed to increase efficiency and grow their businesses, all in one convenient location.

With Symmetry, advisors can now benefit from the strength of a technology platform that features account management resources, investment analytics, marketing resources and back-office support services, in addition to an investment strategy that is based on more than 60 years of academic and Nobel Prize-winning research.

Said Symmetry principal David E. Connelly, Jr., "As a firm, Symmetry is committed to helping our advisors find new and better ways of managing their businesses so they can be more profitable. With the wealth of resources available through Symmetry e-Advisor, this is a huge step toward helping advisors gain the efficiency they need so they can increase their bottom lines while providing their clients with a more rewarding investment experience."

Based in Glastonbury, CT, Symmetry offers portfolio management services to individuals, retirement plans and institutions, and currently manages more than $6.3 billion* in combined assets under management and sub-advised assets for the clients of independent financial advisors across the country.

For more information about Symmetry Partners, LLC, please contact David Russell at 860-734-2044 or drussell@SymmetryPartners.com. For more information about Envestnet, please contact Jami Schlicher at 973-850-7309 or jami@jcprinc.com.

About Symmetry Partners, LLC

Symmetry Partners, LLC, is an investment adviser registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm only transacts business in states where it is properly registered, or excluded or exempted from registration requirements. All data is from sources believed to be reliable, but cannot be guaranteed or warranted. No current or prospective client should assume that future performance of any specific investment, investment strategy, or product made reference to directly or indirectly in this article will be profitable. As with any investment strategy, there is a possibility of profitability as well as loss. Please note that you should not assume that any discussion or information contained in this article serves as the receipt of, or as a substitute for, personalized investment advice from Symmetry Partners.

ABOUT ENVESTNET (NYSE: ENV)

Envestnet, Inc. is a leading provider of technology-enabled wealth management solutions to financial advisors. Envestnet's technology is focused on addressing financial advisors' front-, middle- and back-office needs. Envestnet is headquartered in Chicago with offices in Boston, Denver, New York, Silicon Valley and Trivandrum, India. The firm has over $152 billion in total assets served and more than 910,000 investor accounts.* For more information on Envestnet, Inc. please go to www.envestnet.com.

* Data includes assets under management or administration and licensing agreements as of 3/31/2011.

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DigitalGlobe Leverages Nimsoft Monitor to Optimize Performance of Client-Facing Applications.

Nimsoft announced that DigitalGlobe, a global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, is deploying Nimsoft Monitor for monitoring of its IT infrastructure and applications.

Nimsoft Monitor will replace disparate tools that DigitalGlobe is using within its infrastructure. By providing a consolidated view of DigitalGlobe's environment, the solution will better empower the company's IT staff to help ensure optimal performance of its client-facing applications.

Nimsoft Monitor was selected for its ease of use and cross-platform integration. DigitalGlobe's IT team will also benefit from the solution's Unified Management Portal, which provides a single view of its systems and applications - as well as the ability to create customized reports that meet the requirements of different audiences.

"Nimsoft Monitor allows us to consolidate diverse monitoring and reporting functions into a single solution that is easier to manage and use," said Sonya DeWitt, manager of the business solutions team at DigitalGlobe. "With Nimsoft Monitor, we can create customized dashboards and reports to meet our clients' requirements - from technical personnel who need highly granular data on specific events to executive management requesting a top-level view of system and application performance."

DigitalGlobe will also use Nimsoft Unified Manager to monitor systems and applications at remote locations, including the company's cloud-based services. Nimsoft Monitor cloud support will help ensure the quality and consistency of those services.

"Nimsoft Monitor integrates with complex cloud and on-premise environments, so customers like DigitalGlobe can gain the ability to more proactively and protect the reliability of critical services," said Chris O'Malley, Nimsoft CEO. "This ability is especially important for emerging enterprises that need to aggressively invest in growth without sacrificing customer satisfaction or over-allocating resources to IT operations."

Nimsoft Monitor is a component of Nimsoft Unified Manager, a multi-tenant IT Management As-A-Service solution that combines infrastructure monitoring and ready- to-use ITIL-based service management capabilities in a single solution.

DigitalGlobe is a global provider of commercial high-resolution earth imagery products and services. Sourced from its own satellite constellation, its imagery solutions support a variety of uses within defense and intelligence, civil agencies, mapping and analysis, environmental monitoring, oil and gas exploration, infrastructure management, Internet portals and navigation technology.

Nimsoft provides integrated, modern IT management solutions for more than 1,000 enterprise and service provider customers globally, including 1&1, CDW, SoftLayer, SunGard Availability Services, Sur La Table, TriNet, and Virgin America.

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BT Helps UK Government Move Towards PSN Goal.

M2 PRESSWIRE-May 10, 2011-: BT Helps UK Government Move Towards PSN Goal(C)1994-2011 M2 COMMUNICATIONS

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BT today announced it has signed a Deed of Undertaking (DoU) with the Cabinet Office, enabling it to become a provider of the core network underpinning the Public Sector Network (PSN) programme, a secure "network of networks" specifically for the public sector.

As a result, BT Wholesale becomes a key supplier of open and competitive Government Conveyance Network (GCN) services which will interconnect PSN Direct Network Service Providers (DNSPs), which in turn are supplying government departments and local authorities throughout the UK. In order to supply PSN-compliant networks to its government customer base, BT Global Services, a DNSP major candidate in the UK, will connect to the GCN via BT Wholesale.

GCN will deliver a common secure communications backbone to PSN service providers covering all parts of the Public Sector. The GCN will be one of the enablers for shared services, cloud-based services and datacentre rationalisation, which will deliver benefits to the public sector while reducing cost and complexity. BT's GCN service will be built on its core UK MPLS (Multi-Protocol Label Switching) network, which is already CESG (Communications-Electronics Security Group) accredited, as are many BT network services, to the 2.2.4 standard for security and performance that meets Government requirements for the PSN.

Neil Rogers, president of BT Global Services for government and health, said: "Today's signature of the DoU underlines BT's commitment to the PSN, providing a full range of services including the GCN. Drawing on our experience of co-designing PSN we can help public sector organisations achieve both cost and service improvements as well as help them transition to PSN compliance. The PSN also creates a new and competitive market for shared 'cloud' services on top of the network, something which presents a real opportunity for BT given our expertise in networked IT services."

John Stubley, PSN Programme Director, said: The Government recognises the commitment demonstrated by BT in support of PSN and the new ICT Strategy through the signing of this document."

BT has played a leading role with government in defining and putting in place the technical standards and common services underpinning the Public Sector Network (PSN). The Public Sector Network (PSN) creates an open market, based on common standards, which not only benefits public sector customers, but also allows providers like BT to offer standardised, replicable services - rather than bespoke ones - at a lower cost.

BT expects there to be up to twenty Direct Network Services Providers (DNSPs) in the PSN market. DNSPs will pay GCN service providers for access to the interconnection 'gateway' service.

For further information

Enquiries about this news release should be made to the BT Group Newsroom on its 24-hour number: 020 7356 5369. From outside the UK dial + 44 20 7356 5369. All news releases can be accessed at our web site: http://www.btplc.com/News

Notes to Editors

The Public Sector Network (PSN) programme is owned and driven by the Cabinet Office, working with industry. PSN is not a single network or a single procurement. It is in effect creating a secure internet specifically for the public sector. To achieve this, the Cabinet Office has been working with industry over the past four years to finalise a set of technical, security and service management standards. By standardising network infrastructure, the Cabinet Office wants to encourage more suppliers into the marketplace and drive down the cost to the public sector. The PSN is a programme that is targeted to deliver up to [pound sign]500m savings per year.

BT has been engaged in the development of the PSN since its inception in July 2007.

The DoU represents an agreement to bring a fully compliant BT GCN service to market within 12 months of signature. It is anticipated that BT Global Services' PSN services will be available to major customers during 2011.

About BT

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LITHONIA MAN INDICTED IN CREDIT UNION ROBBERY DEFENDANT LED POLICE ON HIGH SPEED CHASE IN CONYERS.

ATLANTA, GA -- The following information was released by the Atlanta Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation:

CEPEDA BROUGHTON, 40, of Lithonia, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of armed bank robbery and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. BROUGHTON was arraigned this morning by a United States Magistrate Judge.

United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said, "We will not allow the streets of our communities to be threatened by bank robbers with guns in high-speed chases. This defendant allegedly robbed a Conyers credit union at gunpoint, terrorizing the bank employees and customers, who were ordered into a back room of the bank and bound with duct tape. The defendant then allegedly led Conyers police on a high-speed chase that resulted in multiple car accidents before his vehicle was forced off the road. He is now safely in custody and faces the appropriate charges."

According to United States Attorney Yates, the indictment and the criminal complaint, and other information presented in court: On March 9, 2011, at approximately 3:00 p.m., BROUGHTON entered the Georgia's Own Credit Union on Sigman Road in Conyers, Georgia, brandishing a handgun. BROUGHTON ordered three bank employees and a customer into a back room of the bank. The employees and a customer were bound with duct tape. BROUGHTON forced the fourth bank employee to open the bank vault and give him all the money that was inside. He also forced the bank employee to give him the money in two teller stations. Afterwards, BROUGHTON ordered the fourth bank employee to the back room where he bound that employee with duct tape. BROUGHTON fled the bank with over $140,000 in cash.

Another customer, outside the bank, realized a robbery was in progress and called 911, which dispatched Conyers Police Department Officers to the scene. BROUGHTON fled the bank in a stolen vehicle and led police on a chase on Sigman Road and Highway 138 in Conyers, causing multiple traffic accidents. After police forced BROUGHTON's vehicle off the road, he fled on foot, twice turning to point his gun at the pursuing officers before surrendering.

The indictment charges BROUGHTON with one count of armed bank robbery, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison and a fine of up to $250,000; one count of use of a firearm during a crime of violence, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison and a fine of up to $250,000; and one count of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, which carries a maximum sentence of ten years and a fine of up to $250,000. In determining the actual sentence, the court will consider the United States Sentencing Guidelines, which are not binding but provide appropriate sentencing ranges for most offenders.

This case is being investigated by special agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Assistant United States Attorneys Teresa D. Hoyt and Richard Moultrie are prosecuting the case.

Members of the public are reminded that the indictment contains only allegations. A defendant is presumed innocent of the charges and it will be the government's burden to prove a defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt at trial.

For further information please contact Sally Q. Yates, United States Attorney, or Charysse L. Alexander, Executive Assistant United States Attorney, through Patrick Crosby, Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Attorney's Office, at (404) 581-6016. The Internet address for the HomePage for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia is www.justice.gov/usao/gan.

UAE forbid net links to BlackBerry; BAN.(News)

BLACKBERRY phone users in the United Arab Emirates were reeling last night when the government said it would stop them browsing the internet on the handsets.

The ban - which will also prevent customers accessing emails - starts in October.

It is thought the ultraconservative Emirates - which includes business centre Dubai - is singling out BlackBerry phones because the handsets can't be monitored by the government. Regulators say the devices operate outside the law, which raises "judicial, social and national security concerns for the UAE".

Saudi Arabia followed the announcement by saying it will block the BlackBerry services from this month.

It is unclear if the bans will also affect foreign visitors.

HP Printers Produce First Official Postage Originating From a Personal Computer.

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 13, 1998--

HP Furthers Leadership in Internet Printing by Testing Print

Quality of First PC-generated Postage

Hewlett-Packard Company today used its world-class HP DeskJet and LaserJet printers to print the nation's first computer-generated postage. The historic printing was part of the United States Postal Service and E-Stamp Corporation's unveiling of the first online postage solution approved for beta testing by the U.S. Postal Service. Aimed specifically at the small- and home-office market, this PC-based postage solution will allow customers to be more productive by providing a convenient alternative for purchasing postage.

Palo Alto, Calif.-based E-Stamp has developed a solution, E-Stamp Internet Postage, that will allow customers to purchase postage online. The postage is downloaded and secured in an electronic vault that connects to a PC's printer port. With E-Stamp's Internet Postage, users can print the digital postage, SmartStamp, directly onto their envelopes. The new technology is slated to be beta tested in selected regions in the coming months.

"We are excited about working with the U.S. Postal Service and E-Stamp Corporation to help push this technology forward," said Carolyn Ticknor, HP vice president and general manager of the LaserJet Solutions Group. "As part of our leadership strategy in the Internet printing arena and our commitment to small-business customers, HP will continue to align itself with innovative technologies that allow customers to use the full-potential of the Web to be more productive from their desktops."

HP officially donated products used in the ceremony to the National Postal Museum in Washington, D.C. These products, an HP Vectra PC system and an HP LaserJet 6P printer, will be featured in a public exhibit that showcases the first PC postage solution.

HP TESTS PRINT QUALITY FOR USPS

The Postal Service developed the Information-Based Indicia Program (IBIP) to provide more convenient and secure postage to the customer. The Postal Service enlisted HP to test the print quality and scanning reliability of the digital postage -- a two-dimensional bar code that can be read by the Postal Service.

"One day, this new convenience will make postage available, on call, 24 hours a day, seven days a week," said Marvin Runyon, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service. "This is the future: postage directly from a personal computer."

HP initiated testing with the IBIP using HP DeskJet printers; similar testing followed with HP LaserJet printers. A wide range of tests measuring variables such as image quality and print permanence were performed on a variety of envelopes and flat media. The Postal Service-approved test results are available to the public through HP.

ABOUT HP

HP is the official information-technology hardware and maintenance supplier to the 1998 World Cup soccer tournament.

Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global provider of computing, Internet and intranet solutions, services, communications products and measurement solutions, all of which are recognized for excellence in quality and support. HP has 123,300 employees and had revenue of $42.9 billion in its 1997 fiscal year.

Information about HP and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com. -0-

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michelle.hanson@cbpr.com